Read the full judgment text of CACC 000001/1998 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 29 April 1999.
1. Until his arrest, the Applicant had spent his working life in the police force. He had attained the rank of senior inspector. However, he was arrested in 1996 and charged with various immigration offences which arose out of his connection with Jade Services, an agency which found work for Filipinos as domestic helpers. In May 1997, he was sentenced to terms of imprisonment in respect of one set of charges. In October 1997, he was tried in the District Court on another set of charges. He repre